PSCI 3802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Relativism, Noam Chomsky, The Foundations
21 Oct 2018
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Chomsky has this idea where he says if we adopt this idea of universality and if an action is right or wrong for others, then it is right or wrong for me . In other words, there is this idea of convergence of perspectives: note: universalism and cultural relativism are very theoretical positions, meaning in reality, no one is a complete universalist nor a complete cultural relativist! Three modes of universality of human rights: suggested by donnelly, donnelly"s ideas. He says it"s universal because it has 88% ratification. Usually most/some states would agree upon some sort of human rights creating an overlapping consensus over. Political rights are the most important rights: ex. Individual property is one of the most important things: ex. 3 what this emphasis on individuality does is that it desolidifies social links and separates people rather than bringing them together: main problem of universalism.
